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Doctors have refused to enforce the Government’s planned crackdown on health
tourism, saying it would mean asking to see the papers of anyone who “talks
funny”. The British
Medical Association (BMA) also rebuked Jeremy Hunt for having aired his
views on abortion.

The BMA voted overwhelmingly to refuse to check patients’ immigration status,
saying thet they were not “agents of the UK Border Agency”. An Immigration
Bill unveiled in the Queen’s Speech aims to restrict foreigners’ access to
the NHS and force them to pay part of the cost of their care.